Vapor-Phase Atomic Layer Deposition of Nickel Sulfide and Its Application for Efficient Oxygen-Evolution Electrocatalysis

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1155-1164

  Li, Hao ^a   Shao, Youdong ^a   Su, Yantao ^a   Gao, Yuanhong ^a   Wang, Xinwei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CATALYSIS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROCATALYSIS; NICKEL; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

3-D NANOSTRUCTURES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL AGING; LONG TERM STABILITY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PROCESS TEMPERATURE;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

EID: 84959178122     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04645     Document Type: Article

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